The Force Awakens Lupita Nyong'o as Maz Kanata

[MagnarTheGreat]

A small galaxy’s worth of tracking dots affixed to Lupita Nyong’o’s face allowed artists at Industrial Light & Magic to transform her into the C.G.I. character Maz Kanata.

http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood...rs-the-force-awakens-photos-annie-leibovitz#3

Galactic travelers, smugglers, and other assorted riffraff fill the main hall of pirate Maz Kanata’s castle.

http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood...rs-the-force-awakens-photos-annie-leibovitz#2

And while we may not know which side of the Resistance (the film’s new term for the Rebel Alliance) Lupita Nyong’o’s C.G.I. character, Maz Kanata, is on, we do know from the caption on this eye-popping rogue’s gallery photo that she’s a pirate.

http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2015/05/star-wars-force-awakens-photos

 

[Ryan1985]

Interesting so she isn't the character that MSW thought she was. I wonder how much of a role she'll really have then?

 

[Ryan1985]

I do like the idea of her being a pirate with a castle though!

 

[mclay18]

I was hoping she wouldn't be a mo-cap character but a kickass Jedi or something.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

I was hoping she wouldn't be a mo-cap character but a kickass Jedi or something.

Why can't see be both?

 

[DarthSkywalker]

Interesting so she isn't the character that MSW thought she was. I wonder how much of a role she'll really have then?

Why do you think this? It actually lines up well with what MSW has been describing.

 

[Ryan1985]

Well maybe it's the name. They kept calling her "Rose" so maybe it's just throwing me off that we have an actual name now

 

[Ryan1985]

Why can't see be both?

Agreeing with this. I think she could easily be both.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

Well maybe it's the name. They kept calling her "Rose" so maybe it's just throwing me off that we have an actual name now

Ah, that makes sense. Rose was the codename during production. Like how Luke's is "Legendary Warrior".

 

[Ryan1985]

Exactly, I just got so used to her being called Rose that I accepted that as her name, lol.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

Exactly, I just got so used to her being called Rose that I accepted that as her name, lol.

Me to. I have typed it out more then once tonight on TFN.

 

[Ryan1985]

Me to. I have typed it out more then once tonight on TFN.

 

[Hunter Rider]

I was hoping she'd be Ventress. Is she the red character in the group pic?

 

[DarthSkywalker]

I was hoping she'd be Ventress. Is she the red character in the group pic?

This is her. The one handing over the lightsaber. You can barely see her, but she is quite small.

 

[Hunter Rider]

This is her. The one handing over the lightsaber. You can barely see her, but she is quite small.

Oh, I see.

 

[Apollo]

I think that's a better name than rose.

 

[Ryan1985]

100% Agree, much more Star Wars-y then Rose.

 

[titansupes]

Maz Kanata. It's great, but like everyone else I'm going to have to get used to it after calling her Rose for so long.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

Golan might be the name of her castle, according to MSW.

 

[SuperT]

Kinda bummed she's playing a CGI character.

 

[Bim]

I was hoping she'd be Ventress.

I must admit, i was kinda secretly hoping this too. I think she would make a badass Ventress! But hey, looking forward to seeing who Maz Kanata is t:

 

[Hunter Rider]

I must admit, i was kinda secretly hoping this too. I think she would make a badass Ventress! But hey, looking forward to seeing who Maz Kanata is t:

Given the size I'm wondering if Maz might be a badass Jawa.

 

[Ryan1985]

I've never seen anything about what they look like underneath. Maybe they are short, orange, feline looking aliens!

 

[Lobo]

Is Maz in the group shot?

 

[titansupes]

Doesn't seem to be.